A U.S. federal judge has issued a strong rebuke of the Trump administration’s controversial deportation policy after Nigerian and Gambian migrants were sent to Ghana, a country they are not from.
Judge Tanya Chutkan, based in Washington D.C., called the deportations a likely attempt to bypass U.S. immigration protections. She held an emergency hearing after lawyers revealed the deportees faced threats of torture and persecution in their actual home countries.
Chutkan ordered the U.S. government to submit a full report by Saturday night, detailing how it will ensure Ghana does not re-deport these individuals elsewhere.
“These are not hypothetical fears,” Chutkan said. “Even the U.S. government acknowledges these people should not be returned to their home countries. This policy appears to be an end run around the legal protections enshrined in U.S. immigration law.”
The deportations are part of former President Donald Trump’s broader effort to resettle asylum seekers in third countries—an approach that has sparked multiple legal challenges.
One complaint, filed jointly by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice, alleges that migrants were shackled, transported on a military aircraft, and in some cases restrained in straitjackets for 16 hours.
In Ghana, the situation has prompted fierce debate. Critics, particularly among opposition lawmakers, argue that any agreement allowing such transfers should have been approved by Parliament before being executed.
📌 Source: MyNewsGh.com
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